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Agriculture in Brazil and Argentina: Developments and Prospects for Major Field Crops By Randall D. Schnepf, Erik Dohlman, and Christine Bolling ERS Agriculture and Trade Report No. WRS013. 85 pp, December 2001 This report identifies key factors underlying the agricultural productivity growth and enhanced international competitiveness of Brazil and Argentina in the past decade. Economic and policy reforms, infrastructure development, and enhanced use of agricultural inputs that drove output growth during the 1990s are discussed. This report also compares Brazilian, Argentine, and U.S. soybean production costs and evaluates the combined impact of production, marketing, and transportation costs on the overall export competitiveness of each country's soybean producers. Finally, the outlook for continued growth in output and exports of key commodities is assessed. Keywords: brazil, argentina, soybeans, corn, wheat, agriculture, policy, infrastructure, production costs In this report ... Chapters are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Table of Contents, 12 kb Frontmatter, 10 kb Foreword, 10 kb Executive Summary, 18 kb Chapter 1: Introduction, 30 kb Chapter 2: A Comparison of Economic and Agricultural Settings, 161 kb Chaper 3: Soybeans, Agriculture, and Policy in Argentina, 117 kb Chapter 4: Soybeans, Agriculture, and Policy in Brazil, 145 kb Chapter 5: Soybean Production Costs and Export Competitiveness in the United States, Brazil, and Argentina, 39 kb Chapter 6: Outlook and Issues Confronting Future Development, 49 kb References, 25 kb List of Tables, 10 kb List of Figures, 13 kb Entire report, 524 kb Order this report (stock #ERSWRS013) web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov page updated: January 3, 2002

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